Background
He was born on a frontier farm where the present village of Hersey, Michigan, now sits, to logging and sawmill operation owner Delos A. and Jane Wood Blodgett.
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John Wood
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John"s father built a school for the settlement where he received his early education, then attended Todd Seminary, Woodstock, Illinois, and Military Academy in Worcester, Master of Arts, graduating in 1876. Expecting college, his father"s illness directed John into the family"s pine-logging and milling interests, quickly learning the trade.
Career
Blodgett was president of the in 1922, 1923, and 1930. According to the Finding aid for Blodgett Family papers, 1872-1953 abstract at Bentley Historical Library within the University of Michigan Digital Library, the family archive contains: Blodgett"s consolidation of three banks during the depression protected many of his clients" homes and account balances. The product of that consolidation was the American Home Security Bank.
